December 2017

Dr. Edmund Braly, oral surgeon and associate professor of the University of Oklahoma's College of Dentistry, spoke Tuesday at the Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse Task Force's fifth and final meeting. He said he is working to train the next generation of dentists about the appropriate level and type of pain reliever that should be prescribed after an oral surgery or dental extraction.

Dr. Edmund Braly, oral surgeon and associate professor of the University of Oklahoma's College of Dentistry, spoke Tuesday at the Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse Task Force's fifth and final meeting. He said he is working to train the next generation of dentists about the appropriate level and type of pain reliever that should be prescribed after an oral surgery or dental extraction.

Dr. Edmund Braly, oral surgeon and associate professor of the University of Oklahoma's College of Dentistry, spoke Tuesday at the Oklahoma Commission on Opioid Abuse Task Force's fifth and final meeting. He said he is working to train the next generation of dentists about the appropriate level and type of pain reliever that should be prescribed after an oral surgery or dental extraction.

Former Oklahoma State Health Department chief operating officer Deborah Nichols answers lawmakers' questions when she appears before members of the House Special Investigation Committee meeting at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Nichols testified before the committee a few hours after Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter revealed that the FBI and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is joining his investigation of financial mismanagement at the state Health Department. (Jim Beckel/The Oklahoman via AP)